Zombies, Vampires and Werewolves- oh my!

      The current obsessions lately in pop culture seem to be zombies, vampires and werewolves. Well, if you want brains, "let him who lacks wisdom ask of God who gives liberally." (James 1:5) "Who has known the mind of God?" (Romans 11:34) Followers of Jesus- because "we have the mind of Christ." (1 Corinthians 2:16)
      If you want blood, forget the blood of bulls and lambs and goats because God has no pleasure in them. (See Isaiah 1:11) Their blood can't take sins away anyway. (Hebrews 10:4) But blood has to be spilled for the forgiveness of sins (Hebrews 9:22). And God has spilled His blood for us (Acts 20:28) and it washes us white as snow. (Isaiah 1:18)
     But we've got to drink Jesus' blood to have that forgiveness- and eat His flesh. (See John 6:25-59, particularly verses 53-58) If you just want to get a bite without fear of silver bullets, chew on this- "Taste and see that The Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him." (Psalms 34:8)              And before mummies become the next big thing or any other Scooby-Doo villians, here's something to wrap things up. "If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.' " (1 Corinthians 15:31-33) But, as we go on to read in the rest of that chapter, the dead are raised. And Jesus rose from the grave- and because He lives, we can live also when we put our faith in Him.
      We don't need to fear any monsters or ghosts of the dark heavenly realms- "Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world." (1 John 4:4) I ain't afraid of no ghosts- but I do fear and respect The Holy Ghost. And even though "I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts- men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords" (Psalms 57:4) - I know my Good Shepherd walks wiith me through the valley of the shadow of death (John 10:11-14 and Psalms 23). And He has said, "I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country." (Leviticus 26:6) And surely His goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of The Lord forever. :-)

Scooby (song)

Just for fun because I love Scooby-Doo. :-) Hopefully, this will make you happy for real to enjoy some childhood nostalgia for a while.
Scooby Dooby Doo!!!!!!

"Scooby"
(parody of "Happy" by Pharrell Williams; copyright by Nathan Ludwick 7/19/2014)
Proverbs 15:13

(Verse 1)
Things might seem safe- Guess what?- it's about to change
Moonlight to steer- the van's about to break
There's a haunted old tomb there with a ghost from space
Mist in the air- "Like, Zoinks! I'm scared- let's leave right away!"
(Uh)

(Chorus 1)
Because I'm Shaggy
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it's all a ruse
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you too, Scoob- we'll trap 'em and find the truth
Because he's Freddy
Come along- if you go, Scooby Snacks will be here for you
Because she's Daphne
Come along, Mystery, Inc.- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?

(Verse 2)
Here's Scoob's nephew talking ghosts he'll splat, yeah
Says, "Give me all you got and don't hold it back, yeah"
Well, I should probably warn him he'll be reviled, yeah
No offense to you, (but) don't hate this child
Here's why...

(Chorus 2)
Because he's Scrappy
Post a blog if you feel like first movie stank like poop
That wasn't Scrappy!
Scrappy's long been scene-stealing 'cause Scrappy just gets 'em good!
Power of puppy!
Scrappy's on it- he'll go set traps and catch them some crooks
Because he's Scrappy!
Scrappy's got (almost) no fear- rides with Dusty and Yabba-Doo!

(Hey, go, uh)

(Bridge)
(Scooby's)
Been around
Since 19
69!
Sesame Street's time
same time now
Keep going
Bring joy now
I said (let me tell you now)
Scoob's around
Can't nothing
Scare him now
Except some bad guys,
ghostly clowns,
and goblins,
Monsters-yow!
He's scared

(Chorus 3)
Because he's Scooby
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it's all a ruse
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you too, Shag- we'll trap 'em and find the truth
Because he's Freddy
Come along- if you go, Scooby Snacks will be here for you
Because she's Daphne
Come along, Mystery, Inc.- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
(x2)

(Hey, Go, Uh)

(Scooby) (Dooby) (Doo) [repeats]
Bad guys now- would've gotten
Away with it now- those meddling kids
Bad guys now- ain't nothing
But masks now, I said (let me tell you now)

(Chorus 4)
Because I'm Shaggy
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it- Jinkies! Clues!
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you too, Scoob- we'll trap 'em and the bait is you!
Takes lead- that's Freddy!
Come along- watch out though- 'cause Daphne's danger-prone too!
"Jeepers!" says Daphne
Come along- Mystery Machine- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

(Chorus 5)
Chow down, Scoob and Shaggy!
Come along- ghosts aren't real- I can prove it's all a ruse
Because Velma's brainy!
Come along- you two guys- we'll trap 'em and find the truth!
Because he's Freddy!
Come along- if you go, Scooby Snacks will be here for you!
Because she's Daphne!
Come along- Mystery, Inc.- Like, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!)

(Hey, C'mon)